2 Quotes & Sayings By Augustus Pitt Rivers

Augustus Pitt Rivers was a British surgeon, anthropologist and Victorian collector. He was a founding member of the Anthropological Society in 1857 and became a close friend of Charles Darwin. His most important discovery was the prehistoric burial at Avebury, Dorset, England. Son of a wealthy banker, he reportedly inherited £2 million from his father in 1860 Read more

In later life he also owned a castle in Italy and a house in France.